Chapter 5: Case Law

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 01

1) In which ONE of the following courts do all criminal proceedings begin?

a. The Criminal Division of the Court of Appeal.

b. The county court.

c. The magistrates’ court.

d. The Crown Court.

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 02

2) Which of the following are divisions of the Court of Appeal? Please select all that apply.

Feedback: The Chancery Division and Queen’s Bench Division are divisions of the High Court.

Section reference: 5.3.3

a. The Civil Division.

b. The Chancery Division.

c. The Criminal Division.

d. The Queen’s Bench Division.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 03

3) Who is the head of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)?

a. The Master of the Rolls.

b. The Lord Chief Justice.

c. The President.

d. The Vice-Chancellor.

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 04

4) Which of the following may sit as members of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council? Please select all that apply.

Feedback: The Privy Council features only members of high judicial standing; circuit judges and Lord/Lady Justices of Appeal cannot sit as members of the Committee.

Section reference: 5.3.9

a. Justices of the UK Supreme Court

b. Circuit judges.

c. Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal.

d. The Lord Chancellor.

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 05 Question 05

5) An ______ is a court order that compels a person or body to perform, or to cease, some action.

Feedback: Injunctions are equitable remedies.

Section reference: 5.1.3.3

a. injunction

Type: multiple response question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 06

6) Which of the following are chambers of the First-tier Tribunal? Please select all that apply.

Feedback: The functions of the majority of existing tribunals have been transferred to the new First-tier Tribunal created by s 3 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This First-tier Tribunal is divided into a number of chambers, each of which has its own area of specialism:

Section reference: 5.3.10

a. Social Entitlement Chamber

b. Immigration and Asylum Chamber

c. Equality and Diversity Chamber

d. Health and Safety Chamber

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 05 Question 07

7) ‘The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) was created by the Council of the European Union.’ Is this statement true or false?

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 08

8) If you were to want a contract set aside, which ONE of the following equitable remedies would you seek?

a. A prohibitory injunction.

b. An order of specific performance.

c. An order of rescission.

d. A mandatory injunction.

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 05 Question 09

9) ‘Local customs can sometimes be enforced as exceptions to the common law.’ Is this statement true or false?

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 05 Question 10

10) ‘Since law and equity were fused, equitable remedies have always been available to successful claimants.’ Is this statement true or false?

a. True

b. False

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 05 Question 11

11) Which ONE of the following divisions of the High Court would deal with a case involving a disputed will?

a. The Family Division.

b. The Queen’s Bench Division.

c. The Chancery Division.

d. The Administrative Court.

Type: fill-in-blank

Title: Chapter 05 Question 12

12) The recommendations of the __________ Report were enacted by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Feedback: Sir Andrew Leggatt headed a review of the tribunal system. Its report ‘Tribunals for Users: One System, One Service’ recommended that the tribunal system should be unified into a single administrative body.

Section reference: 5.3.10

a. Leggatt